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I am disappointed that BuddyPress does not simply use and extend the WP profile fields. It complicates things.
And synching profiles with mailchimp plug-ins is now more complex – ok it doesn’t work – for me anyway.
BuddyPress is a WP plug-in, not a standalone system so it should plug in to WP, including profiles. Bp says it offers extended profiles, not different profiles.
Incidentally my users want Last name, First name, just to complicate things further.

Hi

Just what I am looking for I think. So if I understand right I create user profile fields for Facebook, twitter and linkedin and instead of displaying the user entered link it will display the icons for each.

Next question where do and in which file do I place the suggested code?

thanks

Safari browser can use the gps API on an iPhone, I’m not sure about Android. You could create code that attaches user meta to a logged in user and save the gps coordinates then filter members list by distance.

There are a couple location plugins but those are address based in which you enter address into profile fields. They do not update your current info.

So yes it’s doable but no plugin currently exists.

BuddyPress has it’s own integrated with WordPress users – you can add profile fields and have other control things. In theory they are the same but with additions.

Yes, if you want to maximise what the site does getting a theme designed from the start for BuddyPress is a good step. But, with the template pack as said you don’t have to do that.

I’m having this same issue as well, sort of. I upgraded my production site to 1.5, since all worked well with my test installation. Upon upgrade, all Full Name fields were replaced with the data from the usernames field. So, usernames are displayed in place of the Full Name in the member header as well as the profile section. Only after reading jorge’s issues did I attempt to change the field names.

What’s odd is that in the activity stream, new entries retain the Full Name while replies to entries display the username – even when a user is replying to their own activity. I’ve tried rolling back to 1.2.10 – just the buddypress plugin itself, not the whole database – but the problem persists. Any ideas devs? @boonebgorges @djpaul

Members edit profile fields on their profile. Click the profile tab and then edit. These extra fields do not show in the WordPress user page in the admin

Read this page a code snippet for displaying profile fields in member header https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/tips-tricks/

Did you update that theme to the (if it has one) BuddyPress 1.5 version? I’m a thinking if you didn’t my theory over scripting could be the problem. Doesn’t ‘overly’ solve the how it’s working now but lets just consider that a positive

I’m a thinking something squiffy is up with either another plugin or theme or browser cache on that one then. It would be using scripting for the drag and drop so perhaps that’s what is sticking.

Did you try using firebug or even the default BuddyPress 1.5 theme with no other plugins and browser cache cleared? Just trying to level the playing field.

That said if it works now you probably can’t test but worth noting for future maybe.

Lol you beat me updating . I’m not sure that a reinstall was required but glad it is working.

My only thoughts why the dragging wouldn’t work could be some scripting clash or browser cache.

I’ve just given this a sanity check (all be it on a fresh site) and I was able to move from one group to another a field.

Can you confirm when you click and hold on the field and then move to the tab above (the one corresponding to the group you want to move into) it doesn’t work? That’s what worked for me.